The Good Old Days
Take me back to the good old days
When we were grateful for what we had
Now people have much more than they need
And society has gone bad
Greed is the keyword and money their God
Everyone out for themselves
I remember a time when we thought we were rich
If we had food on our shelves
People have to keep up with the Joneses'
Bigger house, bigger car, better job
But trying to keep up with the Joneses’
Just makes people think they're a snob
They look down their nose at ones poorer than them
Think they're better than everyone else
Just because they've got private health care plans
And the poor have got National Health
I don't know what our ancestors would think
If they were alive today
They'd probably think we'd all be better off
Living life like the good old days
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Author:
jenny1959 (
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- Comment from author about the poem: This is a poem about how much happier people were years ago when they made the best of what little they had.Now people seem to have plenty of everything but they're not happy.
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Comments2
I'd like to go back to a decade ago before the big shift into social media and smart phones, technology that was made to set us free has imprisoned the basic art of conversation, people attend gigs and watch the whole thing through their smart phone, put it away! You're actually there! Excellent poem, really enjoyed the flow.
Great write and very true
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